Bulletin of the American Physical Society

58th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 61, Number 18

Monday–Friday, October 31–November 4 2016; San Jose, California

Session Index

Session CO8: Magneto-Inertial Fusion II	Show Abstracts
Chair: Chris Jennings, Sandia National Laboratories Room: 212 CD

Monday, October 31, 2016 2:00PM - 2:12PM		CO8.00001: Magnetizing NIF Sub-Scale Capsules For Reaching Ignition Using Laser Energy in the 1 MJ Range G. Zimmerman, D. Ho, J. Perkins, G. Kagan, G. Logan, J. Salmonson, M. Rhodes, D. Blackfield Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 2:12PM - 2:24PM		CO8.00002: Fusion Reactor and Break-Even Experiment Based on Stabilized Liner Compression of Plasma Peter Turchi, Sherry Frese, Michael Frese Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 2:24PM - 2:36PM		CO8.00003: Progress in the Design of the Stabilized Liner Compressor for MTF/MIF Plasma Target Development Sherry Frese, Michael Frese, Peter Turchi, Don Gale Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 2:36PM - 2:48PM		CO8.00004: First Scaled-Down Integrated MagLIF Experiments on OMEGA J.R. Davies, D.H. Barnak, R. Betti, V.Yu. Glebov, J.P. Knauer, S.P. Regan Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 2:48PM - 3:00PM		CO8.00005: Developing a Pre-Heat Platform for MagLIF with Z-Beamlet Matthias Geissel, Adam J. Harvey-Thompson, T.J. Awe, D.E. Bliss, M.E. Glinsky, E.M. Campbell, M.R. Gomez, E. Harding, S.B. Hansen, C.A. Jennings, M.W. Kimmel, P.F. Knapp, S.M. Lewis, R.D. McBride, K. Peterson, M. Schollmeier, D.J. Scoglietti, A.B. Sefkow, J.E. Shores, D.B. Sinars, G.A. Rochau, S.A. Slutz, I.C. Smith, M.R. Weiss, J.L. Porter Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 3:00PM - 3:12PM		CO8.00006: Laser propagation through full-scale, high-gain MagLIF gas pipes using the NIF Bradley Pollock, Adam Sefkow, Clement Goyon, David Strozzi, Shahab Khan, Mordy Rosen, Mike Campbell, Grant Logan, Kyle Peterson, John Moody Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 3:12PM - 3:24PM		CO8.00007: Direct measurement of magnetic flux compression on the Z pulsed-power accelerator R.D. McBride, D.E. Bliss, M.R. Martin, C.A. Jennings, D.C. Lamppa, D.H. Dolan, R.W. Lemke, D.C. Rovang, G.A. Rochau, M.E. Cuneo, D.B. Sinars, T.P. Intrator, T.E. Weber Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 3:24PM - 3:36PM		CO8.00008: Fuel magnetization without external field coils (AutoMag) Stephen Slutz, Christopher Jennings, Thomas Awe, Gabe Shipley, Derek Lamppa, Ryan McBride Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 3:36PM - 3:48PM		CO8.00009: Ion Acceleration in Megaampere Deuterium Gas-Puff Z-Pinch D, Klir, J. Cikhardt, B. Cikhardtova, J. Kravarik, P. Kubes, V. Munzar, K. Rezac, O. Sila, A. Shishlov, R. Cherdizov, F. Fursov, V. Kokshenev, B. Kovalchuk, N. Kurmaev, A. Labetsky, N. Ratakhin, G. Dudkin, V. Padalko, J. Krasa, K. Turek Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 3:48PM - 4:00PM		CO8.00010: Enhancing X-ray Output with a Gas-Puff Based Plama Opening Switch Joseph Engelbrecht, Nicholas Ouart, Niansheng Qi, Philip de Grouchy, Tatiana Shelkovenko, Sergei Pikuz, Jacob Banasek, William Potter, Lauren Ransohoff, Sophia Rocco, John Giuliani, David Hammer, Bruce Kusse Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 4:00PM - 4:12PM		CO8.00011: Transition from Beam-Target to Thermonuclear Fusion in High-Current Deuterium Z-Pinch Simulations Dustin Offermann, Dale Welch, Dave Rose, Carsten Thoma, Robert Clark, Chris Mostrom, Andrea Schmidt, Anthony Link Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 4:12PM - 4:24PM		CO8.00012: High-Energy Ion Acceleration Mechanisms in a Dense Plasma Focus Z-Pinch D.P. Higginson, A. Link, A. Schmidt, D. Welch Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 4:24PM - 4:36PM		CO8.00013: The Effect of Driver Rise-Time on Pinch Current and its Impact on Plasma Focus Performance and Neutron Yield Jason Sears, Andrea Schmidt, Anthony Link, Dale Welch Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 4:36PM - 4:48PM		CO8.00014: Axial characterization of particle beams emitted by conical wire array Z-pinches Gonzalo Munoz-Cordovez, Felipe Veloso, Vicente Valenzuela-Villaseca, Milenko Vescovi, Mario Favre, Edmund Wyndham Preview Abstract
Monday, October 31, 2016 4:48PM - 5:00PM		CO8.00015: Mixed and Uniform Double Planar Wire Arrays on University of Michigan's Linear Transformer Driver. A.S. Safronova, V.L. Kantsyrev, I.K. Shrestha, V.V. Shlyaptseva, M.T. Schmidt-Petersen, C.J. Butcher, E.E. Petkov, A. Stafford, M.C. Cooper, A.M. Steiner, D.A. Yager-Elorriaga, N.M. Jordan, R.M. Gilgenbach Preview Abstract

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Bulletin of the American Physical Society

58th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics

Volume 61, Number 18

Monday–Friday, October 31–November 4 2016; San Jose, California

Session Index

Session CO8: Magneto-Inertial Fusion II

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